DUP despair: Shock loss for Ian Paisley in ‘political earthquake’, and party loses seat formerly held by Jeffrey Donaldson

Shock loss for Ian Paisley in ‘political earthquake’

Cillian Sherlock

The DUP has suffered a bruising set of election results in Northern Ireland with the party suffering a seismic shock when Ian Paisley lost his seat in North Antrim.

In a difficult night for the unionist party, the Alliance Party’s Sorcha Eastwood also had a historic result as she triumphed in the DUP stronghold of Lagan Valley – the seat formerly held by party leader Jeffrey Donaldson.